Individual initiative, skill variety, and creativity: The moderating role of knowledge specificity and creative resources

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3447-3461

  Chen, Chung Jen ^a   Shih, Hsi An ^b   Yeh, Ya Ching ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Creative resources; Creativity; Individual initiative; Knowledge specificity; Skill variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053270391     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.599940     Document Type: Article

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